Antifriction-bearing



l. T., i. A. AND R. MCE. AN'HFRlCTiUN BEAHHJG.

AFLICATION FILED AUGJ. me.

Pamu May 4, i920.,

Mmm m1,

l messes.

Umm Smrrns PATENT orrron v ,l l I JOEL TROUT RICE, JQEL A. RICE, .AND ROYAL A. RICE, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

' ANTiFRIcTroN-BEAMNG. p f

fl'o all whom t may concern:

Be i known. that we, JOEL T. RICE, JOEL A. Rice, and ROYAL A.' Riom, citizens of the United States, residing at New York, 1n the county of Bronx, btate of New York, have invented a new and useful Antifriction-Bearing, of which the following is a specification. l L

This invention relates to anti-friction; bearings, one ofvits objects being to provide T 'e self alining bearing utilizing inner and outer rings held against detachment from,4

each otherby an annular series of rollers constituting the antifriction elements of the bearing 'A further object is to provide simple and .eicient means whereby the antifriction rollers are prevented from wedging between the rings of the bearing' should saidrings shift relative to each other.

A still 'further object is to provide a bearing in. which either of the rigsis capable ora swinging about any diainetrical axis en .tending therethrough without interfering with the rotation of one ring relative to the `other and without allowing the rings to completely separate.

vlWith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides inthe cour bination end arrangement or? parte and in the detaiis of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of thei'nvention herein disclosed, een be nie-de within the scene of whatis ciainied, without departing rroin the spirit oi the invention. Q

lin the accompanying drawings Athe preferred forni of the invention been shown. l

l igure l is e# view partly inv side elevation and partly in section of a bearing embodyA A .ing the present improvements Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 `Fig. L an extreme positionbeing indicated by dotted lines. i

Referring to vthe figures by vchars.'eters of reference l `designates the inner ring of .the bearing thelsame: being i'ornied in e. single piece and provided, 1n its onterperi'ohery, with arace 2 in which ere seated 'y v c Specification ei'vLett-ers Patent. Y Iatnted Mfay 4, 1920, i Application led August 7, 1916. Serial No. 113,568.

regularly spaced antifriction rollers 3.-

These rollers have terminal bearing studs 4 55 be 'extended along an are concentric with the center a of the inner ring, as shown articularlyin Fig. 2 3?. f' To prevent lateral is'placefilent 'of ythefc'tge and the rollers relative to theiing .1, tapered anges 6 are formed along the sides of the periphery of ring .1l 65 so as to lap portions of the ends of the rollers7 said ends being rounded as shown.

' These fianges 6 are ertended continuously around the ring l.l

Rollers 3 project into a race 7 formed in -70 the inner periphery of an outer rin 8', this race being curved transversely a ong lines concentric with the center a. Pins' g connect 'the side rings 5 and hold them in place. 75

By arranging the parts in the manner described and shaping them in the 'manner' set forthit will be apparent that should the ring 8 be swung about any diameter thereof the race 7 -would slide along all ofth'e roll 80 ers 3 except those adjacent the ends of the axis of movement, which rollers would constitnte bearings or pivots on which the ring would turn. Thus, obviously, either ring 1 or 8 can adjust itself angulerly relative to 85 the other ring, but certain oi the rollers will at all times prevent the two rings li and 8 from being separated. In other words, the rollers 3 constitute both anti-riction eleine-nts and keys for holding the rings 1 and 90 1 wedged between the twov reces 2 and i? dur 95' ing relative angular movement of? the rings about diametrical axes it `will he noted that ail of the rings empioyed in the construction of the bearing are endless unbroken rings. However, these 1&0()

rings can all be easily assembled by holding ring l -within but at right angles to the ring e 1 8 and bysuccessively positioning the rollers 3 1n .the cage and gradually turning said.

cage until all ofthe rollers have been'es3 it' -sembled. After all of the parts have thus become assembled it becomes impossible to separate them unless certain of the rollers :1re removed from the cage.

What is claimed isz- An anti-friction bearing including en outer ring having e curved surface, :in inner ring having a curved outer Surface terminating in flanges, spaced parallel rings, antifriction rollers supported by the rings, the flanges 'of the outer curved Surface of the inner ring extending upwardly and lying between the parallel rings and; the ends of` the rollers, thereby Aforming, housing for the lower portions of the rollers, and Ineens for connecting the concentric rings.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing es our own, We have hereto afiixed our signatures.

JOEL TROUT RICE. JOEL A. RICE. ROYAL A. RICE. 

